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Yo Ho Ho and a Pirated ROM
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Yo Ho Ho and a Pirated ROM
by kurohinge1 » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:47 pm
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by Ketou » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:58 pm
Might have..browsed..that site before. Some of the DS ones are so obvious it's laughable.
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by Neo-Rio » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:20 pm
This is a very silly Web 1.0 thing to do.
Collections like this usually get torrented these days, and usually only years after the system becomes defunct, and then only amongst a certain crowd. Posting recent system releases on a public website is just asking for it... especially since Nintendo are not lenient towards piracy one little bit...
Copyright law is a bit of an ass however, when it comes to preserving digital history. In order to archive old game titles, they have to be pirated and kept until the copyright expires. If you wait until the copyright expires to copy them and archive them -- you're already in the digital dark age.
Collections like this usually get torrented these days, and usually only years after the system becomes defunct, and then only amongst a certain crowd. Posting recent system releases on a public website is just asking for it... especially since Nintendo are not lenient towards piracy one little bit...
Copyright law is a bit of an ass however, when it comes to preserving digital history. In order to archive old game titles, they have to be pirated and kept until the copyright expires. If you wait until the copyright expires to copy them and archive them -- you're already in the digital dark age.
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by Ketou » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:29 pm
What ever happened to back-up and fair use?? (leaving distribution out of course)
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by IkemenTommy » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:14 pm
1000 DS Roms for $96,000... shit! That's $96 a piece!
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by Midwinter » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:47 pm
Even back in 1998 I doubt I would have visited such a site. We were big on FTPs instead... especially those hosted by local universities mmmmmmm. 
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by IkemenTommy » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:58 pm
Midwinter wrote:Even back in 1998 I doubt I would have visited such a site. We were big on FTPs instead... especially those hosted by local universities mmmmmmm.
Yeah, back when you thought 300kbps FTP download on the campus T3 line was blazing speed.
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